Break out the binoculars, get your favorite team gear ready to go, the major league baseball season is just getting started around the country, and as is a rite of spring as well known as opening up the barbeque in the backyard for the first time, it is time for mlb predictions.

Of course, the San Francisco Giants finally won a title in taking the 2010 world series championship. It was their first since moving to the west coast more than 50 years ago, and with a starting pitching lineup that includes Tim Lincecum, Jonathan Sanchez and Matt Cain, they have to be considered prime favorites for 2011.

Their main competition for the National League title will probably come out of Philadelphia. As good as the pitchers are in San Francisco, the Phillies could actually be better. Just as talented and with a little more season, they send out a starting rotation that includes Roy Oswalt and Roy Halladay, plus Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels.

Other National League teams to watch include the Braves, where Fredi Gonzalez has taken over for the legendary Bobby Cox. And speaking of managers, the NL East has two of the best. Dusty Baker is in Cincinnati with the Reds, while in St. Louis Tony LaRussa has the awful task of writing a lineup every day that includes some guy named Albert Pujols.

The battle in the American League, as always, includes the Yankees. The Bronx Bombers still send out a lineup that includes Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, two of the best every day players in history. And the pitching staff still has CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera. Enough said right there, the Yankees are one of the teams to watch.

Of course the Yankees primarily are concerned with just being better than Boston. The Red Sox missed the playoffs in 2010, but they still have David Ortiz to drive in runs, and Joe Girardi is still about as good a manager as there in the game.

The Texas Rangers captured the American League title in 2010 and they have the offense to do it again, but as always the questions surrounding the Rangers have do with pitching and heat. Can they hold down the hitters from around the league, now that Cliff Lee headed back to Philly, and can their squad go another long summer in the Texas heat without wilting before October.

But that is the fun of baseball. It is a long, long season with a thousand questions waiting to be answered. The best news of all for fans of the game is that, unlike some other major sports around the nation, there are no lockouts here, no labor troubles at the moment. Just six months of baseball, waiting to be played.

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